BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES, BELMONT COUNTY, OHIO

"History of the Upper Ohio Valley" Vol. II, 1890.

Presented by Linda Fluharty from hard copies provided
by Mary Staley & Phyllis Slater.


Page 668.

ROBERT POGUE

Robert Pogue, deceased, who was in his day one of the leading farmers of
Belmont county, was born March 1, 1824, the son of George and Nancy (Davis)
Pogue, and died April 25, 1882. He was reared on the farm, and followed
that vocation through life. He was an estimable and enterprising man, and
owned at the time of his death, 100 acres of valuable land. He was a
member of the Methodist Episcopal church, to which his widow adheres.
He was married in 1870, to Anna G. Rankin, who was born in 1842, in Belmont
county, the daughter of James and Sarah (Campbell) Rankin. Her father was
a native of Pennsylvania, and came to Ohio, first settling in Belmont
county, where he remained one year and then removed to Noble county, where
he settled in the woods and cleared a farm. His wife died in 1878, and he
now makes his home with Mrs. Pogue. This estimable lady now occupies the
property left by her husband.